- From 2001 to 2005, in collaboration with the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University, Rutberg directed a branch office of the Innocence Project at Golden Gate Law School.
- Along with Adjunct Prof. Janice Brickley (and a team of students), Rutberg represented Peter J. Rose, winning his release from prison in late 2004 and his complete exoneration in 2005. (Rose served nearly 10 years of a 27- year sentence for a rape he didn't commit.)
- Received the 2005 Northern California Innocence Project Pursuit of Justice Award.
- Practiced criminal defense with the Bayview-Hunters Point Community Defender, the San Francisco Public Defender and the First District Appellate Project.
- As Co-Counsel in murder and conspiracy trial helped win acquittal for Bingham and award for California Attorney's for Criminal Justice for Outstanding Service in Defense of a Client.
- Supervised clinical programs at University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, and City University of New York Law School.
- Certified criminal law specialist from 1984-1994.
- Member of the board of directors of Women Defenders.
- Recipient of Criminal Trial Attorneys of Northern California Career Achievement award.
- Member of the California Bar.
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Justice Carter's Role in the Caryl Chessman Cases: Due Process Matters, ch. in The Great Dissents of the "Lone Dissenter": Justice Jesse W. Carter's Twenty Tumultuous Years on the California Supreme Court (Carolina Academic Press, 2010).
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Nothing but a Northern Lynching: The Death of Fred Hampton Revisited,,Book review of: The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas (Lawrence Hill Books, 2010).
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Anatomy of a Miscarriage of Justice: The Wrongful Conviction of Peter J. Rose, 37 Golden Gate University L.R. 7 (2006).
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Conversational Cross Examination, 29 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 353 (2006).
- With Janice Brickley, Using DNA to Free the Innocent, SFGate.com (Nov. 6, 2005).
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Justice System Must Be Held To Account For Wrongful Convictions, Daily Journal (Nov. 2, 2005). With Janice Brickley.
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Controversial Cross-Examination, Women Defenders Newsletter (2004).
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Police Departments Should Record Custodial Interrogations, San Francisco Daily Journal p.4 (Sept. 13, 2004). With Robert Calhoun.
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In Defense of the Right to Trial by Jury: A Suggestion for the Ailing Czech Justice System, Common Law Society Review, Charles University School of Law, Prague, Cz (Summer 2002).
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Practicing What You Preach: The Return of the Ancient Public Defender, Women Defenders' Newsletter (Summer 1998).
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What I Did on Sabbatical: Returning after 15 years to my old haunts at the Hall of Justice, The Recorder (August 1998).
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Confronting the Abuse Excuse, The Recorder (July 16, 1997) (reviewing Black Rage Confronts the Law, by Paul Harris).
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Nurturing a New Image of Women Criminal Defenders, The Recorder (May 21, 1997).
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Impeachment: The Law and the Art, 7 California Defender (Winter 1996-97).
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Teaching in a Changing Profession, Women Defenders Newsletter (Fall 1996).
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Starting the Conversation, Women Defenders' Newsletter (Winter 1995-96).
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Syndrome Evidence, Indiana Defender (February 1995).
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Practice Corner: Tips on Preparing Your Case, Indiana Defender (February 1995).
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Bridging the Gap, San Francisco Examiner (November 11, 1995).
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California Criminal Law Practice and Procedure, ch. Felony Appeals (2nd ed., California Continuing Education of the Bar 1994).
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Not Guilty by Reason of Victimization, 20:4 CACJ Forum (California Attorneys for Criminal Justice) 36 (Dec. 1993).
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Syndrome Evidence, Defender (California Public Defender Association) (1993).
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